Sewing Coco – A Tilly & The Buttons fav

I love Coco. The first in an ever growing collection of patterns by Great British Sewing Bee contender Tilly Walnes.

Having made it first back in March 2014 (Read all about it here on my old blog) and subsequently teaching lots of our pupils to make their own, I have been itching to try it again.

For those of you who follow me on Instagram you will have noticed that I have been loosing weight with Slimming World and now being only 2.5lb away from my final target and nearly 2 stone lighter I am also 2 dress sizes smaller!

My old coco’s hang off me like tents so when I came across this beautiful striped ponte de roma at the Big Knitting and Stitch show at Ally Pally early this month I could not wait to get started.

I was inspired by Elspeths recent make (we have been doing slimming world together) and she looked fabulous in her smaller coco which she had made into the top version in fabulous purple ponte.

I decided to go for a funnel collar and also place the cuffs onto the sleeves.

Well I love it! So much so that I wore it to class on Saturday. Being Halloween we put on the silly hats and paraded our finished coco’s in style.

Later that evening I went off trick or treating with my wee ones. Add a silly hat and a lacy cardi and it makes a great witches outfit, don’t you think?

If you would like to try a coco then we are running another class in February. It’s our Tilly Weekender where you can come for a day or the whole weekend and make as many Tilly items as you like. Coco takes 1 day to make but you can always try another pattern too and enjoy the whole weekend if you wish.

Alternatively if you would like to try it alone we sell the full range of Tillys patterns in our shop, so do pop in.

About Claire

I am a crafty Mum of 2 who as well as managing the house and looking after my 10 year old son and 6 year old daughter somehow manages to make time to craft and run a business!

I have a studio in Brentwood, Essex where we teach all sorts of crafts and I personally enjoy crochet and sewing in particular dress making. I am currently learning to knit and am podcasting about all my crafty endeavours on my You Tube channel.

I champion crafts as a way of tackling mental health and confidence issues and am an active fundraiser for MIND UK.